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I have a wedding tomorrow, all my suits are still out of the country so I treated myself to a new one today but forgot to get a tie. do I need one?

I've not been to a wedding in the UK for years so not too sure on proper etiquette

just a guest? then no imo.

What? WHAT?

One would rather die than attend a wedding tie-less. Good God man, what were you thinking?

Kids, pff.

well, it's my sister's wedding. does that change things?

Yea, go in a shellsuit.

lol

get a bow tie, then you can undo it and wear it hanging down when you're drunk like the rich handsome blokes in the films do.

with or without tie? you've merely changed the problem rather than solving it

ye man, wear a tie. I just saw some wedding pics where they look like they were all off for a jolly down the pub.
I went to an impromptu bash once but couldn't face going tieless, but had no tie, so fashioned something out of paperclips and shoelaces to make me look like an oil baron. Looked good too! Anything but tieless.

with a tie Gatso, crist its your sisters wedding ffs

then I need a new shirt too, far too much effort. I'm sure tikay would approve of a dickie though

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like here? Brosnan HAD to wear it undone, for obvious reasons.

who has a wedding in between christmas and new year, does she hate the whole family?

lol yeah you need a tie, what a Q.

you also need to know whether you should wear shoes or if your lonsdale slip on trainers are good enough?

tie and a gold chain

in response to these 2 comments, I truly have no clue what etiquette is at a uk wedding. I've spent most of my life outside of the UK in countries where people would never consider wearing a tie to a wedding. you'd get the odd person wearing one but they'd always turn out to be the local oddball.

at my nephew/godson's christening I wore jeans and a t-shirt as did his father and this was normal but I'm thinking that wouldn't really be acceptable over here.

guess I'd better go to the shop in the morning


yeah, tell me about it

I agree with Tikay on this one.  I dont like how we are all becoming so casual, weddings=ties.

I have a tie the missus' mother bought me for xmas you can have... not sure if her mum thinks I'm gay...

If they've said it's a 'hat wedding' you should wear a hat. A poker cap would be acceptable.

Have you got any cable ties laying around that happen to match your new suit, at least then you have made some sort of effort.

I've been to a couple of posh weddings this year and lots of the men were tieless

Shoelace, and Cowboy hat.

Job done.

Barry Carter and Jon MW are going as well?

and the horse.

You really should be wearing a tie then mate.

Geo

This.....I just love

 ;applause;

Geo

My parents got married on Boxing Day, 1969.

Yeah, I've no idea why either. Not like it was a shotgun or anything. Try finding an anniversary card 2 weeks before christmas. And having to buy one more pressie. Grrr.

A suitable tie (http://www.tiewarehouse.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=999)

I like to do the dual bowtie thing.

You get the fake bowtie to save you the hassle of tying the thing.
You get a real bowtie of the same colour so you can shift to the untied look later on the evening.

this deserves more love. ;D

No - a BowTie is wholly inappropriate. A cravat is fine in some circumstances, but not this one.

It's your Sister's weedding, & if we are being serious, it would be a gross insult to her not to wear a Tie.

The fact that many folks no longer attend Weddings & Funerals properly attired is irrelevent. You are not a sheep, do what's right, not what the kids say is trendy.

+1

Funerals are easy.  Black suit, white shirt, black tie.  Although the person who the bash is in aid off doesn't really care what you wear.

Weddings, if I'm going to the ceremony and the meal (which I guess you are) then it has to be a suit and tie.  You can always take the tie off later during the evening.  Get yourself a nice button-hole as well.  Ask your sister what colour the flowers are and try and match up if you can. 

really?  if it was my wedding I wouldn't really give a hoot what people wore to be honest, and certainly wouldn't be insulted if my brother chose not to wear a tie.  It's the people I've invited I want there, not what they are wrapped in.

Elvis fancy dress ftw

Any trips to Vegas planned :D

You should wear a tie though Gatso, you know it otherwise you wouldn't ask ;)

Yes - but it's not your wedding. (Is it?). Etiquette is all in these matters.

Here's the acid test. Imagine your Sister is HM The Queen-ness. Would you (if you were her Bro) wear a Tie? Of course you would.

The problem here is with common people, you know, members of the public, they don't understand, see?

OK you've got me - I'm common :)

not only wear a tie (100% non optional IMO)

But also get a haircut, polish shoes, clean fingernails too.

All those. Hair parted on the left, too. Important, that.

Also, if you're driving there, I'd keep the car at a low heat, about Gas Mark 4 - don't want to attract attention away from the bride.

My sister is the queen?  Who do you think we are, boldie?

I thought it was a wedding, not a period drama.

STEP TOO FAR KIN, STEP TOO FAR!

Get a proper bow tie and a clip on one..wear the clip on one so you don't have to learn how to tie the proper one.  When you're at a stage where you're nicely drunk pop to the gents and take off the clip on jobbie and wear the proper one undone all cool like.

Or just buy a tie.

It is if you're just a guest.  But as an immediate family member, I don't think it's too far at all.

The IRONY drips out of that one Tikay.

Surely the 'kids' stopped wearing ties so as NOT to be the sheep.

TBH I'd ask the people whose wedding it is - do they want formal, semi-formal or casual?

the thing that I noticed at the last wedding I went to was the amount of people who had suits and brown shoes. that cool now or something? i should get out the house more really i am totally clueless about suits n stuff

Yup, brown shoes are "in" now. What would our Dad's have said? My Dad would have shot me if I wore brown shoes in those days. Kids, eh?

ok, problem solved, I found a tie in my sock draw, abs no idea what it was doing there but it works with the suit and as the general consensus is to wear one I will. sorry tony but I feel the need to be a sheep here.

I'm gonna be well pissed if no-one else is wearing them though.

None of these decisions for us Scots.

Wedding = Kilt.

Easy.

It's more a matter of respect, than fashion.

It's respectful to your Sister to make a little effort. It's disrespectful to say I can't be arsed.

If no-one else is wearing a tie pm me and I can give u the deactivation code for the standard 24hour tie-wearing-lock that activates the minute u put it on.

No need to thank me.

People just wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of brown shoes in the 1850s.

This
(but without the typos)

Nice one!   ;karabiner; :goodpost: :cheers:

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Tie essential, god forbid you should miss out on tying it round your head near the end of the night and doing a rambo impression.

He has lost all coolness after i saw him sing in mamma mia

I dodged it cos I heard horrendous reviews, didn't want to lose my Meryl Streep milf fantasy either :D

His tie undone in Thomas Crown cos he is under contract with Bond not to wear a full tux in any other movie. Unless it was a movie about his sister's wedding, obv.